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Volume No. XXXVI, ^ .umber 14.
Executive Committee will
Meet Friday Afternoon To
Plan Festival Permanence
With D. C. Strother as
a committee including
Green, J. W. Woolfolk, A. J.
.3. E. Davidson and C. L.
has been appointed to work out
details for closing up the affairs
this year’s Peach Blossom
with instructions to report back at
meeting of the Festival
Committee tomorrow (Friday)
noon at to o’clock in the
corner store room of the
building
This was the result of a
of the executive committee
day morning when General
C. L. Shepard made a report of
financial situation following
Fourth Annual Festival on
19 and 20.
It is earnestly requested that
ery member of the executive
mittee be present Friday
for discussion and consideration
matters of utmost importance.
committee on-Wednesday was
enthusiastic about plans for
year’s festival. At an early date
mass meeting Peach county
will be called to elect a
chairman and make definite plans
continue the Peach Blossom
val.
Arrangements are now being
ed forward whereby all women’s
of the city may be enabled to use
house on the pageant grounds
general clubhouse purposes. It is
derstood that a well known
scape gardener has offered his
ices free of charge to beautify
grounds.
FULTON FACTS” ON THF
FESTIVAL
“Fulton Facts, ’ ’ a trade
of Atlanta, attaches significance
the Peach Blossom Festival. It says
“Spring Time—Repair Time.
•Peach Blossom Festival’ at Fort
ley this month heralds the
and warns us to send out the cry
OUT ■ readers to be prepared for
busy summer business that is
store. All authorities are agreed
this summer is going to be a
breaker* At this time our
is directed particularly to the
tors of Ice Plants and Canneries.
vour plants in shape now! When
have plenty y of time to make
Jr carefully . and , properly. , An . „„„„„ ounce
preparedness is worth a pound
shut-down any old time. And, remem
ber we have everything you need
the way of supplies from a nipple
boiler. Command us. IT
“Fulton Facts’ also responded
the electric contact of T. F.
noy, publicity chairman of the
tival, in the following paragraph
the “Veritas” column:
“As 1 write these lines my
Mr. T. F. Flournoy o’ the Fort
Knittin’ Mills, Fort Valley, Ga.,
wrote the ex-ecu-tives an’ ‘hired help
to pull up stakes an' come down
Fort Valley for the ’Annual
Blossom Festival’ to be held at
Valley March 19th an’ 20th.”
A FEATHER IN THE CAP
OF SENATOR HARRIS
The Greensboro Herald-Journal,
oav< 1 tod friend of Senator W m.
Harris, v til be pleased to learn
Senator Harris was instrumental
■attracting the attention of the
tional Geographic Magazine to
Peach Blossom Festival, about
Edit, r 'Williams says:
“The National Geographic sent
special photographer to film
Peach Blossom Festival at Fort
ley, and thev are to -cme out in
'
OI’:- . It will be several months
they appear, The festival was
ceded by all who saw it to be
fectly beautiful and a great
LINCOLN HAS PEACHES, TOO
Lincoln Journal: The fruit trees
Lincoln are all abloom. Our
fjhtished Fort Valley' Peach
Festival hasn’t got much on
even in pretty girls to have
pictures made sitting up in a
tree in full spring dress.
®he tribune
Read by thousands of people in progressive PEACH, Houston, Macon and Crawford Counties, where Nature smiles her brightest-
RiLEY PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Lula Frederick Riley, wife
Judge A. C. Riley, died at her
on College street early Saturday
morning after a brief illness.
Riley was one of Fort Valley’s
: beloved and
women was
in civic and church life of the city,
I Although she had been
ill for several days her death
as a shock to her family and a wide
circle of friends.
j Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon from the residence. Rev.
T. H. Thomson, pastor of the Method¬
ist church officiated, assisted by Rev.
D. A. Howard, pastor of the Baptist
church. Interment was at Oaklawn
i Cemetery.
Besides her husband she is survi.
ed by two daughters, Mrs. Henry
Durr of Miami and Miss Gena Riley
of Fort Valley; two sons, A. C. Ri¬
ley, Jr., and Howard Riley of Miami.
Mrs. Riley was a sister of Mrs. J.
E. Hays, past president of the Geor¬
gia Federation of women’s clubs and
Mrs. Oscar McKenzie of Montezuma;
Messrs. Felder and Jules Frederick
of Marshallville and Col. D. A. Fred¬
erick, U. S. A. of Washington, D. C.
Many beautiful floral offerings
were sent by friends from all over
the state.
R. 3. BRASWELL. JH, OPENS
STORE IN SUPPLY BUILDING
j
R. S. Braswell, Jr., has bought
father’s interest in the store former
j ly operated on South Macon street
and is moving the stock of goods
into the attractive Slappey building
on Main street. He states that he
will be open for business in the new
1 place within a day or two and by
next week will have everything ar
' ranged to make his formal announce
ment of the important change.
EDITOR’S GUESTS AT FESTIVAL
Houston Home Journal: The Geor
pin editors were guests of the Peach
Blossom Festival Association last
Friday with John H. Jones, editor of
U the Fort Valley Leader-Tribune, act
ing as official host. The editors were
I rved a sumptuous barbecue and oe
j cupied box seats at the pageant and
military performances. Editor Jones
through his paper contributed large
ly to the success of the Fourth
nua! Peach Blossom Festival. He has
the distinction of issuing a
ment to his weekly paper, the
maeagzine edition of its kind ever
published by a weekly paper in the
State. We extend congratulations to
Editor Tones on, this publication.
Southern Bell Assumes the
Ownership of the Fruit Belt
The Southern Bell Telephone Com¬
pany assumed ownership ar.d opera¬
tion of the system of the Fruit Belt
Telephone Company in Fort Valley
and Peach county on Wednesday,
April 1. Already large extensions
and improvements are under way
and Southern Bell officials visiting
Fort Valley state that they are going
to try to do even more than maintain
the high standard of service which
was established by the FFuit Belt
under the management of Max L.
James and John M. Cook, Jr.
It is a regrettable fact that John
Cook is going to be transferred to
Atlanta. Officials state that Mr.
Cook is worthy of a higher position
j : n Atlanta. W. H. M. Weaver, of Ma¬
con, district manager, will have high
FORT VALLEY, PEACH COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925.
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£ What This
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tfi Country Needs
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X I What this country needs is not a new birth of freedom,
hut the old fashioned $2.00 lower berth.
X What this country needs isn’t more liberty, but le&s people
X who take liberties with our liberty.
X What this country needs is not a job for every man, but a j
real man for every job.
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What this country needs isn’t to get more taxes from the i :
X people, but for the people to get more from the taxes. I
What this country needs is not more miles of territory, but J
miles to the gallon. i
more \
What this country needs is more tractors and less detrac- '
tors.
What this country needs isn’t more young men making
speed, but more young men planting seeds.
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What this country needs is more paint on the old places
and less paint on the young faces. I
What this country needs isn’t a lower rate of interest on j
s
higher in work. i
money, but a interest
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What this country needs is to follow the footsteps of the
I fathers instead of the footsteps of the dancing master.
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of Trade, Tifton, i
(From Tifton Board ■
Ga.)
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isaraiRfiaiHaiaafi^ Mir atHn UH liU liBIl i l f itiBBtfi llitlilfiil W i lH
M. E- CHURCH CONFERENCE
Church Conference will be held at
the Methodist church Sunday morn¬
ing, at which a vote will he taken on
the pending plan of unification and
delegates elected to the ensuing Dis¬
trict conference. The. meeting will
be of more than local interest be
cause of the issue before American
Methodism. The church is
t„ eight delegates. The d.rtnct
ference will convene ,n East Macon
church, May 19, Rev. W. h. Smith
presiding elder, presiding.
Plans have been perfected for re
vival . to begin at the Meth- ,
services
odist church the second Sunday in
April. The pastor wil’ do the preach
ing and Mr. M. L. Liisey, of Macon,
will direct the singing. Mr. Lifsey
had years of experience in this
line of work and comes to Fort Val
ley thoroughly equipped to lead the
music.
INSPIRING
(Waycross Journal-Herald)
One of the most inspiring results
we have ever read is that of the
! Coastal Highway election.
j votes .were cast for Highway bonds
and only 143 against. An indication
the inspiration of this election to
j other people was the unanimous de
eision of the Kiwanis Club of Way
cross to send telegrams of congratu
i lation to the Kiwanis Clubs in Bruns
wick and in Savannah, for their fine,
work in helping this vote to be fa
j vorable.
]y efficient men on the job in the
work here. Mr. Weaver, by the way,
put in Fort Valley’s first long-dis¬
tance call in 1896, the first long dis¬
tance telephone being located in W.
f. Wright’s drug store, now known
as Anderson Drug Co., and that
'phone was operated by Dr. C. B.
Anderson.
q. G. Beck, Georgia manager of
the Southern Bell, who was here
Saturday, stated that he had his fjrst
long distance telephone conversation
from Fort Valley to Atlanta in 1898.
J. 0. Curran, of Atlanta offices,
E. B. Emray, of Macon, district plant
chief, and A. T. Ross, an attache in
Mr. Weaver’s Macon offices, were
also in Fort Valley Friday and Sat¬
urday.
FIRE DESIROUS
HALL FI. VALLEY R.
The main chapel building of
Fort Valley High and
School, an Episcopal institution
negroes, was completely destroyed
fire last ' Saturday morn against'the in it In
f buttle
1 beyond the city
building ^ lack of water supply ,
burned to the ground
success j on 0 f startling
cauge(1 by tbe tremendous heat
slate and concrete containing
Explosions of a large quantity
slate stored in the basement
especially loud.
A defective flue was thought
be the cause of the fire. The loss
about $30,000, partially covered
insurance. While, practically all
portant records were saved, only
part of the furniture and
were rescued. More than fifty
dents j and faculty members who
in the upper story of the
lost all of their clothing and
ment.
The building, a three story
structure, contained six class
& chapel £ nd fifteen dormitory
p. A. Hunt, principal of the
ftnd b j g asP j K t an ts quickly worked
( j p) , f)Ut ^ con f us j on anc j
wor ^ waR proceeding smoothly
large difficulties on Monday.
people of the community are
all assistance possible, and for
the principal extends sincere
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GOSH’ AND WE DON’T EVEN
OWN A PEACH TREE
Washington News-Reporter:
the reports in the newspapers,
ny Jones’ peach blossom festival
the bwgPRt thing pulled in
in a Ion- long time, Johnny is
prince of a good fellow and
along with the rest of the
of the state press, extend to him
congratulations and felicitations
on this most aesthetic event.
HURRAH FOR BUTLER
Buf ier Herald: The cities and
which furnished police protection
Fort Valiev during the Peach
val last week came in for a share
thanks and praise by the festival
f’cials. None rendered more
service than did Butler’s
chief of police, Mr. W. A.
nor appreciated the favors
than did he.
WAR ON MOSQUITOES AND
FLIES BY KIWANIS CLUB
JOHN ALLEN DECEIVES
MODE FtSIIVAL PDAlSE
John Allen, one of the “old
ables*’ in the work of staging Peach
blossom Festival, has received a let
ter from Miss Frances Webb, of Dub
lin, calling the Fou ual Festi
val a “wonderful success,” and say
ing in part: “I certainly had a
derful time. It was All a big success.
Am enclosing what 1 wrote about it
in my column of the Dublin Couner
Herald.” The article is as follows:
“The Peach Blossom Festival held
in Fort Valley Thursday and Friday
of this week was a grand success
from every point of view. Those in
charge deserve much credit and com¬
mendation for their splendid work.
“Everybody in the entire comrau
nit y seemed to be in thorough
pathy and co-operation was the key
note to the wonderful success these
people make each year of their peach
celebration.
“The surrounding towns are all
there to help, and the floats sent
were most exquisite creations.
“The float from Montezuma which
won the first prize, one hundred dol
lars, ould have been a prize winner
at the Mardi Gras. No expense had
been spared to make it indeed a thing
of rare beauty.
II The pageant held in the wonder¬
ful arena built for these yea’b fes¬
tivals, was filled with eager ro¬
tors, and no one was disappointed, for
this part of the festival wa“ marvel¬
ous, ‘The Trail of Pink PetaU’ will
he long remembered by the many
thousands who enjoyed the ebjirr ,:ng
hospitality of tb“ people of Port Val¬
ley. The gracious hospitality of each
and every one will be long remem¬
bered by every visitor, each one of
whom is deeply appreciative of the
many courtesies r?cni-:d
barbecue was 'an enormous
*
. itself Delicious . meals .
dispensed during the entire day. and
^ ests were were served “J most 1 skillfully 7
with the best of everything in
way °* barbecue.
“ The entire state should be proud
of the fact that the Festival has at
tained nationwide notoriety. Automo¬
biles from Massachusetts, Indianana
Illinois, Nebraska, were filled with
passengers who came all the ay to
witness the event,
“FRANCES WEBB.”
REQUEST of auto dr«
' McMillan, second assistant
chief of the fire department, requests
all automobile drivers of the city to
strictly observe the ordinance which
prohibits any automobile from fol
i lowing within one block of the fire
| truck. Last Friday the truck was de -1
i laved by congestion of traffic caused
^ . , “keme^Iort ... .•
j i ^ ^ a^v ™ m!Ich " !
I time m try.ng to get to the ^ fire. r Mr.
; McMillan states that he will make
cases against any and all persons
violating the ordinance in the future. 1
FORT VALLEY IS MOT GUILTY
BROTHER RUSSELL
Cedartown Standard: And they do
say that Johnny Jones’ Show in Fort
j Valley last week was the biggest kind
<>f a success,
■
Central Georgia Peaches Should
1
Now Receive Second Treatment
| Hiley peaches have now reached
the right stage in their development
to receive the second application of.
spray or dust, and peach growers j
are advised to treat that variety im- 1
;
’ mediately. The second application is
made when about seventy-five per
cent of the dried calyces or “shucks”
have been pushed from the small !
, peaches, and it is one of the most
i important sprays for the control of
+ !• e curculio or peach fruit “worm,
ii this spray is not applied on time
mnnv curculio eggs wil! undoubted¬
ly be deposited in the little peaches i
as they are exposed from the shucks,
and this will result in a heavy April
and May drop. I
The spine materials should be used
for the second application as were
used for the first: namely, four
pounds of powdered arsenate of lead
to each 200 gallons of water plus the
milk of lime from twelve pounds of
unslaked lime or sixteen pound of
hydrated lime. Tf dust is used 0-5-95 .
is recommended, however, the reg- 1
ular 80-5-15 may he used j
grower desires. 1
Elbcrtas, Georgia Belles, and Hales
are also ready for the second appli- |
cation, and these varieties should ho i
treated in the order named immedi -1
i ately upon the completion of the Hi- J
ley acreage. Uneeda Carmen, Early
Rose, Queen of Dixie, Mayflower,
and the other early varieties should
have, received the first spray the lat
ter part of the last week. These vari
eties will not be ready for the second
application until the latter part
next week.
Pome growers have again failed to
give the fruit the first treatment at
the recommended time, and a
have gone so far as to omit the first
spray altogether. No assurance can
h” given these grov.ers that the
< 1 will 1 ;factorily controlled
on (heir properly this, year when in
dications point to a heavier than
normal infestation, and they are ca v.
in ''T ■ ' ' ^ ”bc p > care
' ' " 1 then* spraying program,
Thp ^rculio,-brownrote, scab can be
aati-iactonly eontroJod only vei v
definite times in their life historv,
'' nd altering the recommended
ules in am- way will certainly not
give the maximum protection against
these pests. Timely -'praying with stif
fieiept spraying equipment to handle
the acreage in a few days is strongly
urgeu. 1
Oovernment and State Laboratory,
Fort Valley, Georgia.
Issued April 1, 1925.
peachland
JOURNAL
37 year* old- nly newspa- X,
per in the heart of one of
America’* richest diversified
gricultural section*.
(Ten Pages)
j Following an impressive statement
front President E. T. Murray at last
, Friday’s Kiwanis luncheon, a motion
by Ralph Newton that a representa¬
tive of the State Board of Health be
invited to appear before the club on
April 10th was carried with enthusi
It is understood that the in
vitation has been accepted and some
highly significant steps may result
in the form of war upon the fly and
tlfe mosquito in Fort Valley,
It was announced tnat ladies’ night:
would be a fine event of tomorrow
(Friday) evening at 7:30 o’clock. The
statement that John Allen would give
one of the famous Allen’s home cured
hams to a lady met with hearty ap¬
plause. Other handsome prizes will
be given.
Mayor R. D. Hale, L. L. Brown, Jr.,
and E. G. Clark were appointed as a
committee on finance, with John H.
Jones, Glenmore Green, J. E. Bled
soe , Samuel Mathews and F. W. With
() fp as a committee to prepare adver
tising matter for a pubE ity cam
paign throughout the country in the
Brazie cars which were on exhibi
tion here recently.
Sam Mathews conducted the spe
c j a ] program of the day, an out
( standing feature of which was an ad
dress by W. L. Houser. Mr. Houser’
spoke in powerful terms of the need
for law observance and exemplary
habits among citizens who hold plac¬
es of public trust and are conspicu¬
ous in the work of churches and oth
er organizations.
Visit Oglethorpe Club
President E. T. Murray, J. D. Ken¬
drick, W. G. Brisendine, T. A. Mc¬
Cord, A. M. Solomop. C. Hall, T. F.
Flournoy and John H. Jones went
over to Oglethorpe Thursday night to
attend the charter presentation of
the new Kiwanis Club there. Dr
Chas. A. Greer and his Oglethorpe
club staged a brilliant entertainment,
features of which were addresses by
Governor W. W. Mundy of the Geor¬
gia district and Congressman Chas.
R. Crisp. Ashby McCord and Corne
ijyg Hall put << pep ’ * into the meet
i ing will/ rousing song leadership,
j while Tom Flournoy helped to keep
Fort Valley on the map with the
ecTK-balancirig; trick staged
several weeks ago by, Judge H. A,
} Mat h ews a t a Kiwanis ladies’ night.
DEBATORS OUT OF LUCK
Fort Valley High School debaters
were out of luck last Fridav when
thev debated the question “Resolved:
That Georgia Should Issue Bonds for
Building Good Roads as an Aid for
the Public Schools and for More Ad¬
equate Buildings for the University
of Georgia, which is State Wide in
Its Scope.”
Miss Ruth Smith and Doddridge
Houser represented Fort Valley ar¬
guing the affirmative side.
The judges were Professors Mac¬
Donald, of Lanier, McKee, of An
ericus, and Kent of Dublin.
At Eastman, at the same time,
Miss Miriam Edwards and William
Allen represented Fort Valley ar¬
guing the ngeative side and were de¬
feated.
Preliminary Contest
A preliminary contest in declama¬
tion, music and reading will be held
next Friday night at the auditorium
i t 0 decide on the team to represent
F„rt Valley at Vidalia April 23 and
04 .
A BRANDED PEACH!
Covington News: Fort Valley cov¬
ered herself with glory in the “Trail
of Pink Petals last week. All we re
gret is not getting to see Editor
Johnny Jones and the rest of the
Georgia Peaches who participated in
the festival.
Gone are the days when we got
summers out of a suit.
! re nr-.- a 1 - ;,ny lies told
i..y bccar: ’: 111 1 . of: ounds
l;:.- poor use.
A fool seeks the pot. of gold at the
end of the rainbow while his wise
I brothers seek the rainbo.
1 is hard he both truthful and
It to
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